Abingdon, IL
Abingdon wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Abingdon at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,868 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Abingdon at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Abingdon's buildings actually sit
97.8% of Abingdon's 1,868 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Abingdon ranks
Within Illinois, Abingdon ranks higher (23rd percentile) than it does nationally (4th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abingdon ranks 30,308 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,853 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,106 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Abingdon
Abingdon's low rating (4th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 97.8% of Abingdon outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Abingdon's figures come from
Abingdon's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Abingdon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.